State v. Campbell

Defendant, Dr. Paul M. Campbell, was charged, tried and convicted of the crime of abortion, denounced by LSA-R.S. 14:87, and sentenced to serve three years in the State Penitentiary. During the trial, defendant reserved sixteen bills of exceptions ; however, for this appeal he has perfected only six bills on which he relies for a reversal of the conviction and sentence.

Defendant reserved his first hill of exceptions when the trial judge overruled his motion to quash the Bill of Information, predicated on the alleged unconstitutionality of LSA-R.S. 14:87, the abortion statute. The motion to…